A split infinitive is an infitive with another word, usually an adverb, inserted. Thus 'to boldy go' is a split infinitive from the verb 'to go'.

There is a myth circulating among uninformed English teachers that the split infinitive is somehow incorrect, yet if you ask them they cannot come up with a reason besides "it's wrong". The truth of the matter is that infinitives have been split for nearly seven hundred years, and condemnation of this construction arose in the 1800s by applying Latin to English grammar -- a practice which in the age of modern linguistics is laughable. Language does not conform to arbitrary rules, much less rules from another language.

The next time your English teacher tells you the split infinitive is wrong, ask them why. I promise you will find the non-response hilarious.

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Ingenuitive

-adjective
1. engaged in ingenious activities

2. characterized by cleverness or originality of problem solving

—Related forms
hy·per·in·ge·nu·i·tive, adjective
su·per·in·ge·nu·i·tive, adjective.

The Doctor acting under the everlooming stress of another day's global genocide, saved the human race with his superingenuitive manipulation of his sonic screwdriver, a box of paperclips, a case of steel wool brillo pads, and the guts of a Nintendo 3ds.

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Ingenuitive

"Possessing or stemming from ingenuity."

"The admiral's plan was ingenuitive, to say the least, but the opposing Canadian invasion just couldn't be stopped."

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Ingenuitive

Part Ingenious, part intuitive, It describes using your intuition to figure things out in an ingenious way.

"Finding my contact info through my work web site was ingenuitive of you"

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Poggers

When your wife’s boyfriend let you sleep past 8pm 😎😎

Wife’s boyfriend: You have 5 more minutes
Me: Poggers!

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Oblication

A vacation, feeling more like an obligation, that involves visiting or staying with family.

So Joe where are you taking the kids for spring break vacation? We are going on an oblication to Boca to visit my mother-in-law.

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Surf Dracula Syndrome

A phenomenon in film/television series, most notably streaming series, where the main premise is drawn out to such a point that it takes an entire season or more to get the parts of the series the audience is actually interested in seeing.

For example, if a series is titled "Surf Dracula," a majority of viewers would tune in expecting to see Dracula surfing by the first or second episode. However, the entire first season would instead be tedious padding and backstory before finally ending with Dracula surfing in the last five minutes of the season finale.

I watched "Smallville" on Netflix the other day. Dude, it was ten seasons of filler before he finally flew! Major Surf Dracula Syndrome!

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Northstarring

Finding your way back to the truth by fixing on one verified fact and working out from there, the way you navigate by the North Star when everything around you is spinning.

Rumours were flying everywhere, so she went northstarring — one checked fact at a time.

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Plate of Brown

A plate of brown consists of foods that have little to no nutritional value, and are typically deep fried. A true plate of brown will also be accompanied by a dark soda.

Wanna go to meal hall & grab a plate of brown?

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